Abstract
Culture is the summation of material wealth and spiritual wealth, which Human being create in the process of social history development. It is the accumulation of history, besides, is the supporter of different area, different country, and different nation,
There are four major culture during the long history of Human being, namely ancient Babylon culture, ancient Egyptian culture, ancient Indian culture and, ancient Chinese culture. In them, only the Chinese culture is kept wholly until now, which we also call the Eastern culture.
The Western culture, which is created by Britain during the Renaissance, and is also from the ancient Greek culture. The Western culture and the Eastern culture are the two major cultural system in the world now.
As two kind of culture, exactly two language, there are many similarity and more difference deserve us to study. People who interested in it, will pay more attention to read and look up information about it.
Keywords: difference, comparison, translation, mindset.
Contents
Abstract I
Contents 1
Introduction 2
1.Expression difference 3
1.1English regards highly of structure, Chinese takes semantics seriously 3
1.2 English regards highly of long sentences, Chinese takes phrase seriously 4
1.3 English puts the important meaning at the first part of the sentence, but Chinese put it at the last 4
1.4 English is more passive, and Chinese is more active 4
2.Thinking difference 6
2.1 Differences between subjects 6
2.2 Differences in words 6
2.3 Different application of proverb and idiom 6
2.4 Differences of logical order 7
3.Writing difference 8
3.1 English is more passive, and Chinese is more active 8
3.2 English many changes, Chinese many repetition 8
4. Language difference 9
4.1Topic difference 9
4.2Attitude difference 9
5 Grammer difference 10
5.1Differences in word class and its application 10
5.2Differences in syntax 10
6 .Conclusion 11
References 12
